Posted in Countdown to Geneskool, tagged Countdown to Geneskool, Investigation Discovery, On The Run on August 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Investigation Discovery
Posted in Countdown to Geneskool, tagged Countdown to Geneskool, Michael Smith, Nobel Prize, PCR Basics, PCR Method on August 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »
6 more days till Geneskool…
In 1993, Dr. Kary B. Mullis (La Jolla, California) and Dr. Michael Smith (UBC) split the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Dr. Mullis is the father of the revolutionary technique called PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction). It allows researchers, forensic technicians and medical technicians (or anyone for that matter) to take a small sample of DNA and amplify it very large proportions. This way when it comes to analyzing the DNA, we have millions of copies of it to work with. (more…)
Posted in Countdown to Geneskool, tagged Blood Spatter Class, Countdown to Geneskool, Dexter on August 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It’s a week until Geneskool starts!
You go can paint the city red now. Or paint the walls red–whatever you prefer your blood splatter on. In fact, Showtime’s “Dexter” dyed the fountains found in major American cities red in preparation of Dexter’s premier. The show “Dexter” is based on the book “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” by Jeff Lindsay. The story enters the psyche of the serial killer who kills serial killers, Dexter, and slowly unravels the story that led him to be who he is now. (more…)
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